Editing Racial profiling (section)

===Spain===
Racial profiling by police forces in Spain is a common practice.<ref>{{cite web|title=The police have arrested me 160 times just because of my appearance|date=7 January 2014 |url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/01/07/inenglish/1389099066_776750.html}}</ref> A study by the [[University of Valencia]], found that people of non-white aspect are up to ten times more likely to be stopped by the police on the street.<ref>{{cite web|title=Identificación policial por perfil étnico en españa|url=http://www.uv.es/garciaj/pub/2013_perfil_etnico.pdf}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] accused Spanish authorities of using racial and ethnic profiling, with police singling out people who are not [[White people|white]] in the street and public places.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-police-accused-of-racial-profiling-6276849.html|title=Spain police accused of racial profiling|last1=Giles|first1=Ciaran|date=2011-12-14|work=The Independent|access-date=2019-01-08|agency=Associated Press|last2=Clendenning|first2=Alan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/05/29/153901342/spanish-police-accused-of-racially-profiling|title=Spanish Police Accused Of Racially Profiling|last=Frayer|first=Lauren|date=2012-05-29|website=NPR|language=en|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref>

In 2011, the [[International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination|United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)]] urged the Spanish government to take "effective measures" to ethnic profiling, including the modification of existing laws and regulations which permit its practice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Examen de los informes presentados por los Estados partes de conformidad con el artículo 9 de la Convención: España|url=http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/co/Spain_AUV_sp.pdf}}</ref> In 2013, the [[United Nations Special Rapporteur|UN Special Rapporteur]], Mutuma Ruteere, described the practice of ethnic profiling by Spanish law enforcement officers "a persisting and pervasive problem".<ref>{{cite web|title=Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Mutuma Ruteere|url=http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session23/A.HRC.23.56.Add.3_ENG.pdf
}}</ref> In 2014, the Spanish government approved a law which prohibited racial profiling by police forces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20140711/inerior-prohibe-por-ley-las-identificaciones-por-razones-etnicas-3372691|title=Interior prohíbe por ley las identificaciones por razones étnicas|last=Navarro|first=Mayka|date=2014-07-11|website=elPeriodico|language=es|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref>